Amy Adams Quotes

I have had the auditioning process go on for two weeks or three weeks. I am always incredibly anxious. The audition and the wait is definitely the hardest part for me.

There are several times when I walked into a room and just felt like such a sham. That's the problem with auditioning.

The thing that helped me come to terms with performing was an anxiety, a desperation for acceptance. There was never enough positive motivation in my life.

I think the best way for me to go into auditions psychologically was to say, 'You're not going to get it. This is the only acting experience you're going to have with this material.'

There've been times where, like when I auditioned for 'Akeelah,' I think in the first audition I was a little bit afraid because it was, you know, I had seen girls in there that I had seen on TV before, and I was like, 'Man, I might as well just walk out of here now because I'm just a newcomer,' and this and that.

As actors, we tend to usually have some issues with self-esteem and some need for validation, and it takes awhile for that fear of not having a job to go away.

When you audition for something, and you book it, you think, 'Okay, well, I got the job, and now I actually have to show up on set and do it.' So, you show up on set, and you don't know, 'Am I going to get swallowed up by these people?'

It's always a long process of trying to suppress the self-doubt on set when you're acting.

Every time I do something, I worry it's my last job.

When you're not playing, sometimes you're not full of confidence.

I don't really like to audition, and that works against me. It's bad to be an actor and not like to audition.

Actors tend to get in their own way, a lot. A lot of times you will do things that will screw up your audition process. I was very bad at auditioning, and I always went in to it saying ‘God I hope I don’t screw this up.’ But at the same time, the directors are saying, ‘God, I hope this person is the savior.’ You have to remember is that the worst thing that could happen is you don’t get the job you don’t already have.

Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.

I was kind of scared of failing at acting.

Auditions are not a natural environment, and you feel judged, even though everyone is just excited to find the right person.

I don't believe anyone wants to hear what I have to say.

One of life's fundamental truths states, 'Ask and you shall receive.' As kids we get used to asking for things, but somehow we lose this ability in adulthood. We come up with all sorts of excuses and reasons to avoid any possibility of criticism or rejection.

Actors are no strangers to self-doubt, fear, and rejection.

As a younger player, you always kind of play with that fear of failure.

I'm an actor, so I am always scared. You never know if you are on vacation or that you have been retired and they just didn't tell you.

I've had some rank auditions where I embarrassed myself to new heights, which is hard for me to do. I was never good at auditioning. There are a number of actors over the years come up the ranks who are horrific at auditioning.

Being nervous is not something you should be ashamed of. Nervous means you care, you really want to do well.

I've always been a bit of a self-doubter. I think a lot of actors are.

When you're trying to look pretty, it's a lot easier to compare you to other people. I always felt intimidated in pilot season trying to audition for 'the girlfriend.' Whereas when it's like, 'you're auditioning for the part of this meth addict, trailer park whatever,' it's like, 'Great!'

When you sit down and play your music for someone you respect, you get that feeling in your stomach of like: 'Oh my God...' You know if it's not great because you start to feel sick.